My name is Mathis Dufour and I'm 18 years old. I am a student at the cegep pf Thetford and I want to go in administration at the university. The glossary is for people who like and want to go in this program. This glossary will help you with the administration terms.
co-worker
noun
A person with whom one work, typically someone in a similar role or at a similar level within an organization.
Example: I went diner with my favorite co-worker this morning.
fr: collaborateur
contract
noun
A written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law.
Example: My boss signed this contract this morning.
fr: contrat
customer base
noun and adjective
Customer bases are the group of clients to whom a business markets and sells their goods or services. Companies study their customer base to cater their products and offers in efforts to improve sales. Companies can expand their customer base as a way to increase sales.
Example: The customer bases of the bar are around twenty years old.
fr: clientèle
deal
verb
To take part in commercial trading of a particular commodity.
Example: These two types of hunting as a sport show how human-wildlife conflicts can vary a great DEAL depending on the country, its economy and its wildlife.
fr: accord
demand
noun
Demand is an economic concept that relates to a consumer's desire to purchase goods and services and willingness to pay a specific price for them.
Example: Conclusion Following the recent growth in the DEMAND for Goats milk there are definite opportunities for those looking enter the industry.
fr: demande
employee
noun
An employee is someone who gets paid to work for a person or company.
Example: New technology is safer than old technology, provided that EMPLOYEEs are familiar with the technological change.
fr: employé
financial analytics
adjective and noun
Financial analytics is the field that provides high- and granular-level views of a company's financial data, helping to improve its business performance.
Example: My co-worker is a specialist in financial analytics.
fr: analyse financière
financial plan
noun and adjective
A financial plan is a document that details a person's current financial circumstances and their shorts and long-term monetary goals.
Example: My friend as a very good financial plan, so he can travel a lot.
fr: plan financier
funding
noun
The action or practice of providing money for a particular purpose.
Example: One of the main donors for educational projects, the World Bank, has been currently FUNDING 157 projects on education, in 83 countries, committing US$33 billion in loans and credits for education.
fr: financement
manage
verb
Be in charge of (a company, establishment, or undertaking); administer; run.
Example: Other costs and recommendations Pat made many recommendations about how to MANAGE a livery and removing costly liable pitfalls that could see a livery owner lose money.
fr: gérer
market value
noun and adjective
The amount for which something can be sold on a given market.
Example: The market values of the new bike are around five hundred dollars.
fr: valeur marchande
meeting
noun
An assembly of people, especially the members of a society or committee, for discussion or entertainment.
Example: I recommend fortnightly review MEETINGs to monitor and control operational progress.
fr: réunion
money
noun
Money is a commodity accepted by general consent as a medium of economic exchange. It is the medium in which prices and values are expressed. It circulates from person to person and country to country, facilitating trade, and it is the principal measure of wealth.
Example: He gave Anthony MONEY to buy a book.
fr: argent
number
noun
N arithmetical value, expressed by a word, symbol, or figure, representing a particular quantity and used in counting and making calculations and for showing order in a series or for identification.
Example: As mentioned earlier the first key step to disease prevention many farmers fail to utilize is ensuring calves receive the adequate quantity of colostrum in early life so that they maximize the NUMBER of anti-bodies available to fight off invading bacteria in their blood stream.
fr: nombre
owner
noun
A person who owns something.
Example: The OWNER and manager of this business is the same person, so they must manage the farm on a daily basis and also review their management looking at it the eyes of the OWNER and implement changes that are necessary.
fr: propriétaire
profit
noun
A financial gain, especially the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent in buying, operating, or producing something.
Example: A supermarket cannot continue to operate if it does not make any PROFIT and so it is essential to know how to increase the total revenue.
fr: profit
salary
noun
A fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly or biweekly basis but often expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee, especially a professional or white-collar worker.
Example: The mean beginning SALARY for males is £8120.56, and the mean beginning SALARY for females is £5236.79.
fr: salaire
schedule
noun
A plan for carrying out a process or procedure, giving lists of intended events and times.
Example: SCHEDULE one involves major projects where EIA is mandatory, and if a project is classified as SCHEDULE two, EIA will only be required if it is deemed that there are likely to be significant environmental effects.
fr: calendrier
supervisor
noun
A person who supervises a person or an activity.
Example: The theory supports this as working class parents are more likely than upper class parents to stress obedience to authority as they are more likely to obey to the authority of a boss or a SUPERVISOR (Kelly, 1969).
